This document is the product of the University of Illinois Teaching at an Internet Distance Seminar. The group met ...
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This document is the product of the University of Illinois Teaching at an Internet Distance Seminar. The group met throughout 1998-99 to study the pedagogy of online learning, to examine what made teaching to be good teaching, whether in the classroom or online, and to suggest how online teaching and learning can be done with high quality at the University of Illinois.

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This paper provides basic background information about behaviorism, cognitivism and constructivism and a discussion of how...
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This paper provides basic background information about behaviorism, cognitivism and constructivism and a discussion of how these theories of learning relate to instructional design. A PDF version of this 32-paper is also available for downloading.

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The Research Methods Knowledge Base is a comprehensive web-based textbook that addresses all of the topics in a typical...
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The Research Methods Knowledge Base is a comprehensive web-based textbook that addresses all of the topics in a typical introductory undergraduate or graduate course in social research methods. It covers the entire research process including: formulating research questions; sampling (probability and nonprobability); measurement (surveys, scaling, qualitative, unobtrusive); research design (experimental and quasi-experimental); data analysis; and, writing the research paper. It also addresses the major theoretical and philosophical underpinnings of research including: the idea of validity in research; reliability of measures; and ethics. The Knowledge Base was designed to be different from the many typical commercially-available research methods texts. It uses an informal, conversational style to engage both the newcomer and the more experienced student of research. It is a fully hyperlinked text that can be integrated easily into an existing course structure or used as a sourcebook for the experienced researcher who simply wants to browse. REFERENCE: Trochim, William M. The Research Methods Knowledge Base, 2nd Edition. Internet WWW page, at URL: http://trochim.human.cornell.edu/kb/index.htm (version current as of January 11, 2004).

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Essential Science for Teachers courses are designed to help elementary school teachers gain an understanding of some of the...
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Essential Science for Teachers courses are designed to help elementary school teachers gain an understanding of some of the bedrock science concepts they need to teach standards-based curricula. Life Science consists of eight one-hour video programs accompanied by print and Web materials that provide in-class activities and homework explorations. Real-world examples, demonstrations, animations, still graphics, and interviews with scientists compose content segments that are intertwined with in-depth interviews with children that uncover their ideas about the topic at hand. Each program also features an elementary school teacher and his or her students exploring the topic using exemplary science curricula. Use the complete course for teacher education or professional development, or individual programs for content review.

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Although still somewhat incomplete, the Harvard-Smithsonian Digital VideoLibrary is now available for preview and user...
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Although still somewhat incomplete, the Harvard-Smithsonian Digital VideoLibrary is now available for preview and user feedback. For this project,video segments are being linked to benchmarks, state standards, and otherinstructional criteria. The Strand Map Service (SMS), which uses maps basedon the Project 2061 Atlas of Science Literacy, is a new feature that letsyou use interactive strand maps as the interface for accessing resources.Many of the boxes (=learning goals) are still unlinked, but if you download and install the suggested plug-in (instructions aresupplied on the web site), you will find many videos associated with the Atlas. The long-term goal is to populate the boxes sothat various types of curriculum resources such as phenomena andrepresentations, research on commonly held student ideas, benchmarkclarifications, and assessment items are available to the end-user. The SMScan be embedded into any digital library that wishes to organize itsresources around K-12 benchmarks. The developers are interested to get yourfeedback!

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A series of 13 videos that can be played online and illustrating the application of learning theories to classroom practice....
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A series of 13 videos that can be played online and illustrating the application of learning theories to classroom practice. The website also contains extensive support materials that can be used to guide study of the videos.

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This is a 20 minute video in which "John Hunter puts all the problems of the world on a 4'x5' plywood board -- and lets his...
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This is a 20 minute video in which "John Hunter puts all the problems of the world on a 4'x5' plywood board -- and lets his 4th-graders solve them. At TED2011, he explains how his World Peace Game engages schoolkids, and why the complex lessons it teaches -- spontaneous, and always surprising -- go further than classroom lectures can.״״The game triggers an eight-week transformation of the children from students of a neighborhood public school to citizens of the world. The film reveals how a wise, loving teacher can unleash students’ full potential.״

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Essential Science for Teachers: Physical Science is one in a series of three video-, print-, and Web-based science courses...
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Essential Science for Teachers: Physical Science is one in a series of three video-, print-, and Web-based science courses for elementary school teachers. These courses will help teachers better understand the science concepts that underlie the content they teach. The sessions include a video program addressing a topic area related to matter that is likely to be part of any elementary school science curriculum. Essential Science for Teachers: Physical Science also focuses on the ideas that children bring to the classroom about these topics. Children in a clinical setting are interviewed and observed to uncover their thinking. The research literature shows that their ideas are typical of students in the K-6 age group. Each session also features one or more elementary school classrooms where a teacher and her students explore the topic using exemplary curriculum materials. Physical Science strives to provide participants not only with enhanced content understandings, but also with understandings of how this content connects to the elementary school classroom.

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